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20 Personnel Streamlined learning AIR RCEF October 5, 2017 Strong opinions welcome SQNLDR Mark Williams displays an aircraft instrument panel on the projection screen to OFFCDT Charlotte Walsh, PLTOFF Alex Hayman, and OFFCDT Jacob Cikorski. A NEW Learning Management System (LMS) will become the centrepiece of Air Force’s Aviation Academy. The academy opens in January 2019 and will see the Air Training Wing transition to a modern era of aviation training. The transition is part of Plan Jericho Project 16 and the LMS will help provide the most modern learning environment available. OC Air Training Wing GPCAPT Mark McCallum said the LMS would modernise training. “The LMS capability will allow seamless integration of operational scheduling with our learning environment,” GPCAPT McCallum said. The key objectives of the academy and LMS will be to enable modern approaches to learning management including the delivery of digital courseware, around-the-clock access for instructors and students, and the introduction of contemporary training philosophies. Director of the Aviation Academy Transition Office WGCDR Dion Wright said a modern approach to learning management had additional benefits. “The LMS will provide the academy with the ability to standardise and deliver training packages across multiple schools,” WGCDR Wright said. Aviation Academy Steering FORMER CAF and Sir Richard Williams Foundation Chairman AIRMSHL (retd) Geoff Brown, is encouraging people to contribute to the Australian air power debate through a blog called the Central Blue. Photo: CPL Veronica O’Hara Group Chair, Commander AFTG, AIRCDRE Geoffrey Harland said LMS would enable the Aviation Academy to manage a complex, multi-faceted learning environment. “The LMS capability will pro- vide the Academy with a single system where all operations are scheduled, training is delivered and tracked, and data is stored,” he said. “This allows for system monitor- ing, evaluation, reporting, and total system accountability in line with quality management standards.” More information is available at: http:// collab.defence.gov.au/Raaf/Comd/HQAC/ AFTG/ATW/AA/SitePages/Home.aspx Run under the auspices of the Williams Foundation, The Central Blue has published almost 70 posts since it was launched in September 2016. AIRMSHL Brown said the posts had covered a diverse range of topics, from the implications of fifth-generation air power to social and organisational challenges facing the Air Force today, as well as book reviews and cross-posts from other blogs. “The Williams Foundation is about enhancing understanding of air power and the issues facing Australian air power in particular,” AIRMSHL Brown said. “The posts published in the Central Blue’s first year, and the comments on those posts, are contributions to the Australian air power debate that might not have been heard without the Central Blue. “We’ve had contributions from nearly 30 people in that time. “The most exciting thing for me is over half of our contributors have been serving Air Force personnel from a range of occupations and ranging from sergeant to group captain in rank. “Most pleasing for me was the inter- view with CAF, published on August 20, where he encouraged serving members to get involved.” AIRMSHL Brown said the contri- butions by serving Air Force personnel highlighted the value of the Central Blue as an outlet for unofficial discussion on air power topics. “The Central Blue complements Air Force’s official publications from the Air Power Development Centre and allows air power professionals to explore issues in a manner that may well inform Air Force’s official position later on. “The blog is a great way for Williams Foundation to complement our seminars and lunches by reaching a broader audience with shorter, punchier articles.” AIRMSHL Brown said the blog was managed by a small group of editors – ‘ ... It is critically important that current personnel have a means of contibuting to the public debate. – AIRMSHL Geoff Brown, former CAF and Sir Richard Williams Foundation Chairman all serving Air Force personnel – under the mentorship of distinguished academic, Dr Alan Stephens. He said the editors, along with a broader group of writing mentors, helped contributors develop their thinking and posts, as well as ensuring posts remain within Defence guidelines on public comments. “We know that public commentary is a concern for Defence and current Defence personnel can be reluctant to make public comments for a variety of reasons, including concerns about stepping outside their lane and hesitance to put their ideas out there in case they’re wrong,” AIRMSHL Brown said. “We understand those concerns but think it is critically important that current personnel have a means of contributing to the public debate.” “I’ve discussed this with CAF and he agrees that fostering the Central Blue contributions from serving personnel is vitally important to building the kind of empowered, adaptive workforce that Air Force will need as a fifth-generation force.” “Air Force needs its airmen to read, think, and write. 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